Cyber Security In Focus
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Podcast Overview
<p><b>Cyber Security in Focus</b> brings together cyber security professionals for open, informed conversations about the challenges shaping the industry today.</p><p></p><p>Each episode explores real-world threats, emerging risks, research and innovation, and the realities of defending organisations in an evolving threat landscape. Through peer-to-peer discussion, guests share practical experience, lessons learned, and honest perspectives.</p><p></p><p>Designed for CISOs, IT and security leaders, and risk and compliance professionals, Cyber Security in Focus is about continuous learning, collaboration, and strengthening cyber defences together.</p>
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May 6, 2026
From Recon to Ransom: Inside the Attacker's Playbook with Glenn Wilkinson, Ethical Hacker
<p>Most organisations think about cybersecurity in terms of tools and compliance. Attackers think in objectives, timelines, and human behaviour. That gap is exactly where breaches happen.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, Katie speaks with Glenn Wilkinson, CEO of Agger Labs and ethical hacker with 15 years of experience breaking into organisations, legally. Glenn has tested financial institutions, trained law enforcement, and presented at Black Hat and DEF CON. He brings that attacker's perspective directly to the conversations organisations need to be having right now.</p><p></p><p>The episode covers significant ground: the structured methodology that makes hackers effective, why most breaches still start with a person rather than a system, and what it really means that attackers spend an average of 197 days on a network before anyone notices. Glenn also explains why a passed pen test is not the same as being secure, and makes the case for reframing cybersecurity as a business continuity issue, not an IT problem, to get genuine board-level engagement.</p><p></p><p>The conversation closes on ransomware: what it actually is, how to build your defences before it hits, and the decision no organisation properly prepares for until it's too late, pay, or don't pay, including the legal and moral complications most people don't see coming.</p><p></p><p>Practical, direct, and grounded in real-world experience. This is how attackers think. This is what that should change about how you defend.</p>
April 29, 2026
Third-Party Risk in the Age of AI with Chris Thornberry, Information Security Manager & DPO at Oleeo
<p>Managing third-party risk has always been complex. Add AI into the supply chain, and the rules change entirely.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, Katie Watson sits down with Chris Thornberry, Information Security Manager and DPO at Oleeo, an HR Tech SaaS platform serving major UK public sector organisations and global financial services institutions. </p><p></p><p>With over six years navigating security at the intersection of GRC and technical resilience, Chris brings a grounded, pragmatic perspective on what robust third-party risk management actually looks like in practice.</p><p></p><p>Chris and Katie dig into why certifications like ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are no longer enough on their own, what transparency really means when you're assessing an AI supplier's entire ecosystem, not just the supplier themselves, and how to avoid shadow AI taking hold before you've had the chance to assess it.</p><p></p><p>They also cover the dual challenge of operating as both a data processor and a data controller, how to build a security culture that stops bottlenecks before they start, and why Chris uses data as his North Star when evaluating any new tool or vendor.</p><p></p><p>If you're responsible for third-party risk and feeling the pressure of AI reshaping your supply chain, this is a practical conversation worth your time. </p>
April 22, 2026
Building Trust In Your Team & Supply Chain with Keith Price Director of Security, National Highways
<p>When a cyber attack hits, most organisations focus on what technology failed. Keith Price focuses on whether the people were ready.</p><p></p><p>As Director of Security at National Highways, Keith leads security for one of the UK's most critical infrastructure operators. Shutting down the motorway network during a cyber attack is not an option, which means resilience has to be built long before an incident occurs, and it starts with the team.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, Keith shares what two decades in the US military, consulting roles across oil, gas, and banking in the UAE, and now leading security at national scale have taught him about what actually keeps organisations safe. His answer, consistently, is people.</p><p></p><p>Keith and Katie cover:</p><ul><li>Why people, process, technology is not just a phrase but a leadership philosophy, and what it looks like in practice</li><li>How mental health and psychological safety directly affect an organisation's security posture</li><li>The difference between security awareness that works and the annual click-through training nobody takes seriously</li><li>How Keith's finance team at National Highways avoided 2.8 million pounds in fraudulent payments, not through technology, but through engagement</li><li>Why building a no-blame culture with your supply chain matters more than a tough security questionnaire</li><li>And why, when the digital infrastructure goes down, the organisations that survive are the ones who planned for analog<p></p></li></ul><p>If you lead a security team, or you're responsible for one, this episode is a practical reminder that your greatest security investment is not a tool. It is your people.</p>
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- What is Cyber Security In Focus?
<p><b>Cyber Security in Focus</b> brings together cyber security professionals for open, informed conversations about the challenges shaping the industry today.</p><p></p><p>Each episode explores real-world threats, emerging risks, research and innovation, and the realities of defending organisations in an evolving threat landscape. Through peer-to-peer discussion, guests share practical experience, lessons learned, and honest perspectives.</p><p></p><p>Designed for CISOs, IT and security leaders, and risk and compliance professionals, Cyber Security in Focus is about continuous learning, collaboration, and strengthening cyber defences together.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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- Does this podcast accept guests?
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